80 BPM metronome
A free online metronome set to 80 beats per minute — one click every 750 ms. Press Start or the space bar; change the time signature, accents and subdivisions below.
Andante
Space start/stop · ↑ ↓ ±1 BPM · Shift ±10 · T tap
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80 BPM at a glance
- 750 msper beat
- 1.33beats per second
- 3.0 sper bar of 4/4
- Andantetempo marking
What does 80 BPM feel like?
80 BPM is a relaxed, unhurried tempo — roughly a slow walk. Each beat lasts 750 ms, long enough for eighth notes to feel comfortable and sixteenth notes to sound smooth rather than frantic.
Music at 80 BPM
Slow-to-mid tempos like this are common in soul, reggae, R&B, slow rock, country ballads and classical movements marked Adagio or Andante. Classic boom-bap hip-hop sits just above this range, around 85–95 BPM.
In classical music, 80 BPM falls in the range usually given for Andante. Tempo markings are approximate — see the tempo markings chart.
Note lengths and delay times at 80 BPM
Producers use these values to set delay, reverb pre-delay and LFO times so effects lock to the beat.
| Note | Straight | Dotted | Triplet |
|---|---|---|---|
| Half note | 1500 ms | 2250 ms | 1000 ms |
| Quarter note (1 beat) | 750 ms | 1125 ms | 500 ms |
| Eighth note | 375 ms | 563 ms | 250 ms |
| Sixteenth note | 188 ms | 281 ms | 125 ms |
| Thirty-second note | 93.8 ms | 141 ms | 62.5 ms |
How long is a bar at 80 BPM?
| Time signature | 1 bar | 8 bars | 32 bars |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2/4 | 1.5 s | 12.0 s | 48.0 s |
| 3/4 | 2.25 s | 18.0 s | 72.0 s |
| 4/4 | 3.0 s | 24.0 s | 96.0 s |
| 5/4 | 3.75 s | 30.0 s | 120.0 s |
How to practise at 80 BPM
80 BPM is a good "home" tempo for daily technique work. Practise scales in eighth notes (160 notes per minute) and then sixteenths (320 per minute). Drummers can use it for groove practice with a ghost-note pattern; guitarists for alternate picking with a relaxed hand.
Half time of 80 BPM is 40 BPM; double time is 160 BPM. If 80 BPM is too fast for a passage, the speed trainer can start lower and climb to 80 automatically.
Slower: 75 BPM · Faster: 85 BPM · All tempos
FAQ
How fast is 80 BPM?
80 BPM is 1.33 beats per second, or one beat every 750 milliseconds. It is a moderately slow tempo, in the range usually marked Andante.
How many milliseconds is one beat at 80 BPM?
One beat (a quarter note) at 80 BPM lasts 750 ms. An eighth note lasts 375 ms and a sixteenth note 188 ms.
How long is a bar of 4/4 at 80 BPM?
A bar of 4/4 at 80 BPM lasts 3.0 s, so there are 20 bars per minute. Eight bars last 24.0 s.
What is half time and double time of 80 BPM?
Half time is 40 BPM and double time is 160 BPM. Music at 80 BPM is often felt at one of these levels too.